It’s month #9 of our 12 Kits of Christmas project, and this month’s hostess is Kara! If you’d like to read about how this group started and works, please read this post. 
Kara sent us an awesome kit filled with a bunch of fun stuff- too much, actually!
On my card above, I used the stamped banner image as well as the chevron paper that Kara sent, but added my own green spritz, gold washi, and embellishments.The brown snowflake image is from PTI - I thought it helped to balance the brown from the banner.
This is another reason why Kara’s kit was SO fantastic: she sent us materials to make our own holiday planner….LOVE IT! Here I added my own glitter strip and background stamping. The Hero Arts image was heat embossed. I thought it went perfectly with the planner since it has lots of holiday tasks in the text. And I love that font.
And for my last card, I layered lots of the papers and diecuts that Kara sent, adding only a few snowflake rubons of my own to make the whole card seem more wintery. This was really fun for me to make.
Here is a list of everyone else in our group. Have fun hopping around and seeing their creations!
Cathy: Empty Nest Crafter
Joyce: Cards-by-the-Sea
Kim: Cupcakes Cards and Kim
Amy: Stamp-n-Paradise
Kara: K and R Designs
Sharron: On Papillion Wings
Marybeth: Marybeth’s Time for Paper
Jeanne: A Kept Life
Jessica: The Paper Parade
Christina: Sea Glass & Sentiments
Renee: It’s A Patchwork Life
Thank you so very much, Kara!!! I would have made more but I finished 75 Christmas cards for my mom earlier in the day and my eyes are tired. ;)
Hugs,
Hello, Saturday! I am not sure anyone is happier for the weekend than I am!
Today I have a card to share for this week’s CAS-ual Fridays Challenge, which is to make a card inspired by your own blog’s header.
There is an awesome prize up for grabs this week from our sponsor, A Muse Studio!
As an a|s consultant, of course I had to pull out my a|s supplies for this week’s card. I use their inks and paper all of the time, but you see them paired with two different stamp sets today: Polka Dot Patterns and Hand Scripted. Their stamps are red rubber cling mounted and ready to use as soon as you get them - no need for adhering labels. They are also deeply etched, and stamp clean crisp images every time. (I’m not just saying that, as much as I love all my clear stamps…to me nothing is better than red rubber impressions.)
The polka dots were heat embossed with clear embossing powder and Versamark onto half-inch strips of cardstock that were lined up with one anothe to create a seamless dot pattern. The card base is Slate cardstock, a most awesome mid-tone gray, and the other colors are Bubblegum, Orange, Papaya, Grass and Ocean, all from their Summer Collection.
I hope you will play along with us this week, and head on over to the CAS-ual Fridays blog and Facebook page for more inspiration!
Today I am really loving where I live. This isn’t always the case, especially on days like last Thursday when traffic makes my commute time to work 2.5 times what it normally is. Today living in the Boston area’s not too shabby because I was able to pick up these Lil’ Inker Designs goodies from Laura just in time for their new release (thank you, Laura!)…everything is in their store right now, and you should definitely head over to their blog to enter their contest and see all the awesome creations that Laura and her fabulous DT have made.
Yes, that’s a balloon die with a coordinating sentiment! For this first card, I used parts of a 3-line sentiment to heat emboss the sentiment to look like the string of the balloon, and then I added the balloon, which was diecut from some Carta Bella paper, to the top of the card. I am entering this into two challenges on the Moxie Fab World blog: the
Asymmetry Challenge and the
Movement Challenge. You can see how I stamped everything to the left side of the card, but reading the sentiment draws your eye from the bottom to the top, in the same direction that a balloon would float; I am hoping that creates movement.
Here’s a second card, using more of the balloons dies and the sentiment set, which was designed by the most talented Karen Baker. This time, I machine stitched the balloon strands. All of these papers are from the Summer collection from A Muse Studio.
If you’d like to see more, head on over to the Lil’ Inker blog! Have a great week!
Hi everyone,
Just a quick note to let you know that I’ve updated my sidebar with a list of items for sale. I’m just trying to clear out some things that aren’t getting much love anymore. Please let me know if you have any questions, and have a great day!
This is my second post for today. Please scroll down for my CAS-ual Fridays post! Thanks!
The Neat and Tangled Design Team is celebrating Halloween and has some inspiration for you on the Neat and Tangled blog today. Here’s a sneak peek of my project using Graveyard Shift…head on over to see more. I am sure you don’t want to miss what my fabulous team members have to share!
